| Velká Hleďsebe | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karlovy Vary |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cheb |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.9617°N 12.6678°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1587 |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.56 |
| Elevation M: | 561 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2423 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 354 71 |
Velká Hleďsebe (German: Groß Sichdichfür) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.
The villages of Klimentov and Malá Hleďsebe are administrative parts of Velká Hleďsebe.
The name Hleďsebe is derived from the expression Czech: hleď sebe, meaning 'watch out'. The village was probably named so by the neighbours so that everyone would beware that dangerous people live there. The names Velká Hleďsebe and Malá Hleďsebe means "Great Hleďsebe" and "Little Hleďsebe".[2]
Velká Hleďsebe is located about southeast of Cheb and 32km (20miles) southwest of Karlovy Vary, in close proximity to Mariánské Lázně. The municipal territory lies mostly in the Upper Palatine Forest Foothills, but the southwestern part with the village of Malá Hleďsebe lies in the Upper Palatine Forest. The highest point is at 632m (2,073feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Hleďsebe is from 1587. In 1605, Velká Hleďsebe and Malá Hleďsebe were distinguished. Until 1606, both villages belonged to the Tachov estate.[3]
The I/21 road, which connects the D5 and D6 motorways, passes through the municipality.
The main landmark of Velká Hleďsebe is the Church of Saint Anne. It was built in the Neo-Romanesque and Neo-Gothic styles in 1908–1911. It is a romantic imitation of a medieval longitudinal church.[4]